Neckwear display card



Sept. 3, 1935. o, MARKOWITZ NECKWEAR DISPLAY CARD Filed Dec.- 6, 1934 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

' UNITE S NECKWEAR DISPLAY CARD Oscar Markowitz, New York, N. Y., assignor to F. W. Woolworth 00., New York, N. Y.

Application December 6, 1934, Serial No. 756,200

6 Claims. (01. 206-72) This invention relates to display d i for cured thereto as at l3 so that the card may stand neckwear and similar articles, with particular upright. reference to display cards for four-in-hand neck- Desirably the c d I l is of elongated form, and ties. may have at its upper portion a representation,

5 One object of the invention is to provide a printed or otherwise produced thereon, of a head 5 device of the character described having imand a collar I4. The portion of the card on proved means for obtaining an attractive, lifewhi h th hea i wn y be cut wn o the like display of a necktie as actually worn, and esrcu a Or other Suitable form as y be p pecially to show up the front portion of the ferred, nd ay ave u der l e portions M5 at necktie in a natural relation to a collar. the base thereof. 10

Another object of the invention is the provi- T a d I s provided W a plurality of sion of a device of the type mentioned which shall spaced downward extending collar representing be simple in construction, inexpensive to manuprojections ll. Intermediate thereof there may facture, compact for shipment, convenient to set be an upward extending necktie supporting proup for use, and attractive, durable and efficient jection l8. These projections may lie in the plane 15 in use toa high degree. of the card l l and may be sprung out of the Other objects of the invention and advantages plane thereof, so that the neck encircling loop l9 thereof will become apparent as the specification of the necktie will engage around the projection proceeds. l8, and the knot of the necktie partially under- ,20 With the aforesaid objects in view, the invenlie the projections ll, and act as an abutment be- 20 .25 drawing, wherein like parts are designated by the suitable manner and are desirably integral with tion consists in the novel combinations and artween the projection l8 and the projections ll rangements of parts hereinafter described in to maintain the latter forward of the plane of their preferred embodiments, pointed out in the the card to simulate a collar as actually worn. subjoined claims, and illustrated in the annexed The projections ll, l8 may be provided in any same reference characters throughout the sevthe card, so that a simple die-cutting operation eral views. is sufficient to construct the device. For ex- In the drawing: ample, a pair of slits 2| are formed coincident Figure 1 is a perspective View showing a dewith the lower edges of the collar l4, up to the vice embodying the invention. points 22. Simultaneously another pair of slits 30 2 is a fragmenta y a ged vertical sec- 23 are formed along the front end edges of the tional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. collar [4. The different slits are angularly re- Fig. 3 is a fragmentary enlarged horizontal seclated to each other and form a generally transt 1 t k 11 3 3 fFig 1, versely extending slit, the ends of which are Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view in front elevation spaced from h d s of the card- The a t 35 of the display card may thus be somewhat weakened, so as to be The advantages of the invention as here outeasily flexed to facilitate the mountineof the lined are best realized when all of its features and necktlegfi i pgrtlons instrumentalities are combined in one and the ample ness 0 tend same structure, but, useful devices may be maintain the difierent pro ections in the plane 01 to which the invention appertains, that the same non afiords an Opemng m the card for the passage not only of the loop IE but also for the parmay be incorporated in several difierent constructial reception of the knot 29, whereby the neck 45 tions. The accompanying drawing, therefore, is

tie can be variously supported. At this opening, submitted merely as showing the preferred exor t t region b t th projections H i emplification of the invention. provided a means for supporting the collar, Referring in detail to the drawing, I0 denotes which may be the projection IS. The latter may a device embodying the invention. The same be regarded as illustrative of a means for exert- 5 may include a member such as a display card ing a pressure on the knot 2!! in opposed relawhich may be made of any suitable relatively tion to the projections l8. Mounting of the stifi, pliable material, for example, cardboard, or necktie may be facilitated in that the projection the like. The card may have at the rear thereof [8 is weaker than the combined projections ll, so

a conventional wing or flap like support 12, sethat the former can be readily pressed rearward to permit easy engagement with the necktie. Since the necktie largely covers over the projection 18, the latter may be creased, if desired, to facilitate its rearward movement.

The manner of assembling the device 19 will now be described. The necktie is passed around the card H at the shoulder portions l6 thereof and the knot 25 formed. Then the necktie is removed, and the operator with one hand presses the projections 5? forward and the projection l8 rearward, and may insert a finger between the latter and one of the projections ll. Then the loop 59 is inserted over the necktie supporting projection. Now the necktie is manipulated to shorten the loop l9 and to bring the knot 20 into operative display relation, with side portions of the knot underlying the collar representing projections H, the latter pressing on the knot to securely hold it in position. As a result of the knot 28 functioning as a spacer between projections I1 and I8, the same are maintained deflected out of the plane of the card, so that the collar appears raised from said plane. The rearward deflection of the projection 18 assures sufficient space for reception of the knot 29 without creasing or breaking the collar representing projection. The necktie is thus interlocked between a series of opposed projections, and held reliably in position against upward, downward or lateral movement.

It will be appreciated that various changes and modifications may be made in the device as shown in the drawing, and that the same is submitted in an illustrative and not in a limiting sense, the scope of the invention being defined in the following claims.

I claim:

1. A necktie display card of a one piece pliable sheet material, said card. carrying indicia representative of a collar, said card having a series of angularly interrelated slits continuous with each other to provide a pair of downward extending projections coincident with and simulating the corresponding collar ends, and an intermediate upward extending projection adapted to receive the collar engaging loop of a knotted four-in-hand necktie, the collar simulating projections being adapted to be deflected forward of the card and the necktie engaging projection being adapted to be deflected rearward of the card, the continuous slit terminating in spaced relation to the edges of the card so that the body of the card about the projections tends to resist the deflection mentioned, whereby the knot of the necktie is securely maintained between the projections in the deflected positions thereof.

2. A display device including an elongated sheet of cardboard having a generally transversely extending slit terminating in spaced relation to the side edges of the cardboard, said slit consisting of a series of slits disposed in adjoining angular relation to each other to provide a central upward extending projection for engaging a knotted necktie, and downward extending collar representing projections flanking the central projection, the difierent projections normally lying in the plane of the cardboard, the ends of the downward extending projections being adapted to be yieldably forwardly deflected and the end of the upward extending projection being adapted to be yieldably rearwardly deflected, a knotted necktie mounted on the upward extending projection, the knot of the necktie having its side portions disposed between the different projections to cause the relative forward and rearward deflection thereof, the projections holding the knot securely in place, with the central projection yieldably pushing the central exposed portion of the necktie knot forward between the collar representing projections, and a portion of the necktie knot lying between the slits forming the central projection.

3. A device including a plane member having downward extending collar representing projections, said projections being adapted to lie in the plane of the member, an intermediate necktie engaging means, the latter and the projections being adapted for relative yielding movement with respect to said plane into spaced relation to each other, a necktie mounted on said means, said necktie having a knot, said knot having portions disposed between said means and said projections so as to be secured therebetween, and

said projections being deflected out of the plane of the member by the knot.

4. A necktie display card consisting of a sheet of relatively stiff pliable material, said card hav ing a series of slits angularly'related to each other, said slits affording a continuous generally transverse slit transversely weakening the card and terminating in spaced relation to the side edges of the card to afford integral connecting portions tending to maintain the slitted portions in the plane of the card, the slits providing down ward extending collar representing projections and an intermediate upward projection for engaging a necktie with the knot thereof secured between the collar representing projections and the central projections, and the different projections being of substantially equal length, and the card being otherwise imperforate, as set forth.

5. A necktie display card having a representation of a collar therein and having integral projections in the plane of the card representative of the forward ends of the collar, said projections being deformable out of the plane of the card so as to diverge from said plane toward the ends of the projections, the diverging projections affording a space for the reception thereunder of the knot of a necktie, and the card having means for mounting the necktie, said means being located at the region between the projections.

6. A necktie display card having slits defining collar representing projections the ends of which are movable out of the plane of the card, and the latter having a tongue between the projections for engaging the necktie to support the same with the projections partially overlying the knot of the necktie.

OSCAR MARKOWITZ. 

